Combined swing-gate lock and support.



PATENTED JAN. 29, 1907'.

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APPLICATION FILED SEPT. 4, 1906.

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CHARLES E. SARGENT, OF GREENVILLE, ILLINOIS.

COMBINED SWING-GATE LOCK AND SUPPORT.

Toatll whmn it may concern.-

Be it known that I, CHARLES E. SARGENT, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Greenville, Bond county, Illinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in a Combined Swing-Gate Lock and Support, of which the following is a specification containing a full, clear, and exact description, reference being had to the accompany ing drawings, forming apart hereof.

My invention relates to a combined swinging-gate lock and support, and is particu larly adapted for all forms of swinging gates.

The object of my invention is to provide a simple, inexpensive, and easily-operated locking device which when moved into a position to hold the gate locked acts as a support to overcome any tendency of the gate to sag, and thus become inoperative.

A further object of my invention is to provide means whereby the free end of the gate is supported when swung to an open position in either direction, and thus prevent the saggingof said gate while open.

To the above purposes my invention consists in certain novel features of construction and arrangement of parts, which will be here.- inafter more fully set forth, pointed out in the claims, and illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which Figure 1 is an elevation of my improved gate, the same being shown in a closed position and locked. Fig. 2 is an elevation of the front end of a gate of my improved construction with parts thereof in section. Fig. 3 is a plan view of the gate and showing the arrangement of the sockets which receive the supporting member, of the gate when said gate is swung into an open position. Fig. 4 is an enlarged view of one end of a locking bar I make use of in carrying out my invention.

Referring by numerals to the accompanying drawings, 1 l designate the longitudinal members of the gate, which are framed together in the usual manner by the verticallyarranged members 2, and the gate so constructed is hinged to a post 3 and closes against a post 4, in the face of which is formed a recess 5. Located in the ground immediately in front of the post 4 is a block 6, of iron or concrete, in the to of which is formed a socket or recess 7, and eading from the lower end thereof through the walls of said block are drain-openings 8 for the pur- Patented Jan. 29, 1907.

pose of allowing water and dirt to discharge from the socket 7. Located in the ground on opposite sides of the gate and at right angles to the line normally occupied by said gate are socket-blocks 9, which are counterparts of the block 6 and which are intended to receive the supporting member carried by the free end of the gate when said gate is swung open in either direction.

10 designates a locking-bar, which is arranged to slide longitudinally between the pair of members 1, and formed in said locking-bar adjacent its ends are the longitudinally-extending slots 11, the right-hand ends of which are provided with upwardly-projecting notches 12. Pins or bolts 13 pass through a pair of the u 7 rights 2 and through the slots 11. The left iand end of this locking-bar 10 is intended to engage in the recess 5 when said bar is moved to its limit of movement to the left, and thus hold the gate locked, and when so positioned the notches 12 are occupied by the pins or bolts 13.

Arranged for vertical movement on the lower portion of one of the vertical members 2 at the free end of the gate is a supportingbar 14, which operates beneath straps or keepers 15, fixed to the member 2, and pivotally connected to the upper end of said bar 14 is the outer end of a horizontal member of a bell-crank lever 16, the upper end of which is formed into a handle 17, and which lever is fulcrumed, as designated by 18, to one of the longitudinally-extending members 1 of the gate. Formed in this bell-crank lever 16 is a vertically disposed slot 19, and passing therethrough and seated in the bar 10 is a pin 20.

When the gate is closed, the left-hand end of the bar 10 occupies the recess 5, the pins or bolts 13 occupy the notches 12, the bellcrank lever 16 occupies a vertical position, and the supporting-bar 14 is moved downwardly to its limit of movement with its lower end resting upon the bottom of the socket 7 in the block 6. While so positioned the free end of the gate is held locked and is at the same time supported and held against any tendency to sag, owing to the bearing of the supporting-bar 14 in the socket 7, which supporting-bar is so held by the bell-crank lever, which in turn is held by the lockingbar 10, which is prevented from longitudinal movement, owing to the position of the pins or bolts 13 in the notches 12.

When it is desired to open the gate, the operator manually engages the locking-bar 10, lifts the same slightly to raise the notches away from the pins or bolts 13, after which the bell-crank lever 16 is manipulated and swung to the right, as shown by dotted lines in Fig. 2, which movement withdraws the end of the locking-bar 10 from the recess 5 and at the same time withdraws the lower end of the supporting-bar 14 from the socket 7 The gate is now unlocked and free to be swung open in either direction, and if it is desired to maintain said gate open the bell-crank lever 16 is swung into a vertical position to reverse the movements of the various parts, as just described, and cause the lower end of the supporting bar 14 to engage in the corresponding one of the socket-blocks 9, thus locking the gate open and supporting the free end thereof.

My improved gate lock and support is sim ple in construction and operation, can be very cheaply manufactured, and is easily applied to nearly all forms of swinging gates.

The lock is very simple and easily manipulated, and the supporting-bar very ei'leetually prevents the gate from sagging while in either open or closed positon.

I claiml. The combination with a swinging gate, of a plurality of socket-blocks arranged in the ground in the path of travel of the free end of said gate, a bar arranged for vertical movement on the free end of the gate and adapted to engage in the socket-blocks, a locking-bar arranged for horizontal movement on the gate and adapted to engage a post to hold the gate closed, a connection between said locking-bar and the gate whereby the gravity of said locking-bar holds the same locked, and means connected to the locking-bar and to the vertically-moving bar for simultaneously withdrawing the locking-bar and elevating the supporting-bar.

2. The combination with a swinging gate, of a plurality of socket-blocks arranged in the ground in the path of travel of the free end of the gate, a supporting-bar carried by the free end of the gate for engaging in said socketblocks to support the weight of the free end of the gate while either open or closed, a locking-bar arranged on the gate and connected thereto in such a manner as that said locking bar is held against longitudinal movement while holding thegate in a locked position, and means arranged on the gate and connect ed to the locking-bar and supporting-bar for simultaneously withdrawing the locking-bar and elevating the supporting-bar after the locking-bar has been released.

3. The combination with a swinging gate, of socket-blocks arranged in the ground in the path of travel of the free end of said gate, a supporting-bar arranged for vertical movement on the free end of said gate for engaging in said socket-blocks to support the weight of the free end of the gate while either open or closed, an operating-handle for elevating the supporting-bar, and a locking-bar arranged on the gate and connected to the operatinghandle, which locking-bar holds the operating handle against movement when said handle is moved so as to cause the lower end of the supporting-bar to engage in any one of the socket-blocks.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in presence of two subscribing witnesses.

CHARLES E. SARGENT.

Vitnesses M. P. SMITH, H. G. FLETCHER. 

